Improvement in paper dishes



T.D0NAHUE. Paper-Dish.

No* 205,531. Patented July 2,1878,

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THOMAS DONAHUE, OF BINGHAMTON, NEV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER DISHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205.531, dated July 2,1878; application filed May 15, 1878.

To all fwhom t't may concern:

Beit known that I, THoMAs DONAHUE, of Binghamton, inthe county of Broomeand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Butter and Fruit Trays; and I do hereby declare that the following`is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to furnish an improved butter-tray andfruit-box; and it consists in a blank creased and cut in such mannerthat it can be folded and united so as to form a tray with wide aringsides, or a tray with less lla-ring sides, or be formed into a square oroblong box with vertical sides and ends; and has for its further objectto furnish a flexible wrapper combined with the box, all of which willbe hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure lis a blank creased according to my invention;and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 show the blank folded to form a buttertray andfruit-box; and Fig. 6 shows a cover combined with the boX.

A is the blank, which is creased longitudinally on the lines a a andacross on the lines a a', so as to f'orm the rectangular sections b c cd d and the triangular sections e e e c. The blank is out through on thelines cf, so that the sections d and c may be turned up to any desiredangle to the section b.

The triangular sections e are creased on the lines f g, which dividethem into two equal triangular sections, h h; and said sections h h arecreased on the line j' t' f k, dividing each of them into two equalparts, as shown.

In order to form a flat tray, the sections d c are turned up slightly,and the triangular sections c are bent around outside of the sections cand down till the creases f t' coincide with the ends f a of the sectionc. The free points of the sections e are secured to the sections d byfasteners n, as shown. By drawing the sides and ends near a verticalposition until the lines f g coincide with the ends f a, a deeper traywill be formed. When the sides and ends are raised to a verticalposition and the sections e are bent so as to bring the crease f a' tocoincide with the ends f a, a rectangular box will be formed, as shownin Fig. 5.

In Fig. 6 is shown the flexible wrapper B combined with the box. Theflexible cover is cut with a lap, B', indicated by dotted lines, whichis gummed or otherwise suitably attached to one of the sides c. It ismade about the same size as the blank A, and folds close -to the latterwhen packed for transportation.

When the blank is folded and formed into a tray or box the ilexiblecover will extend beyond the rim, and may be doubled down on the outsideof and around said box or tray, forming a neat smooth cover; or it maybe closely folded over the top and crumpled down around the sides of thelump of butter or other soft material within said tray, thusl bringingit in close contact with said lump, for purposes well known tothe trade.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

The blank A c d, with rounded corners, having radiating creases therein,adapted to be alternately folded out and in, said creases allowing thesides to be set vertical or flaring, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS DONAHUE. W'itnesses J oiiN A. RIDER, WM. HIINGRAHAM.

